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Air board seeks help from Sacramento on implementing dust rule

Written on 15 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board decided Wednesday to go around State Parks and seek help from the Governor’s Cabinet in implementing its Oceano dunes dust rule. [SLO Tribune] District officials have accused State Parks of... (Continue reading)

Local lawmakers on maverick list

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Two Republican state lawmakers from San Luis Obispo County are among the party’s most independent members, according to an analysis of voting records by the Sacramento Bee. Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian (33rd District) and Sen. Sam Blakeslee (15th District) were on... (Continue reading)

Wealthy don’t flee from higher taxes

Written on 17 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

Do rising state taxes really cause millionaires to trundle off to more friendly fiscal environs? Apparently not, according to the findings of two sociologists who will be presenting their findings to lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters and others in a Sacramento appearance... (Continue reading)

Rural fire fee facing court test

Written on 5 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

A lawsuit has been filed in Sacramento challenging a $150 “fire prevention” fee now assessed on 825,000 rural properties in California. (San Jose Mercury News) The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association seeks declaration regarding the fee’s validity, and seeks refunds for... (Continue reading)

Redevelopment agency battle returns to court

Written on 26 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The California law banning redevelopment agencies faces another challenge in court. The League of California Cities announced Monday that it filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court against the state Department of Finance, Board on Equalization and Controller on... (Continue reading)

Public pension reform bill inked

Written on 12 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday called the state’s public pension system “a big ship” which is slowly being turned in the right direction by reform legislation he’s set to sign. (Sacramento Bee) But faced with complaints that the pension reduction bill... (Continue reading)

Wood tax slips through legislature

Written on 4 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A new tax on lumber was passed by California lawmakers over the weekend with the full support of the timber industry. (Sacramento Bee) The 1 percent increase proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown won approval by the barest of margins, 54-20,... (Continue reading)

Lawmakers attempt to revive redevelopment

Written on 31 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Funding for redevelopment in California could be revived through four bills slated to divert property taxes for local development projects. These bills have made it to the final sprint of the state legislative session, which ends today at midnight, and are now... (Continue reading)

Central Coast lawmakers say no to gifts

Written on 27 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Of the 23 lawmakers in Sacramento who took a righteous stand against accepting gifts by placing signs on their doors, only three adhered to the self-imposed ban. [LATimes] The rest admitted in required state disclosures that they took some gifts... (Continue reading)

CEQA faces changes

Written on 23 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A proposal to loosen the California Environmental Quality Act is expected to be introduced in Sacramento as soon as Thursday, giving the public and lawmakers only about a week to debate and consider the controversial legislation’s fate. [SFGate] Backers of... (Continue reading)